"All this region is very level and full of forests, vines and butternut trees. No Christian has ever visited this land and we had all the misery of the world trying to paddle the river upstream." Samuel de Champlain

I just realized that one of the major reasons why the government refuses to stop heavy trucks from using the Chemin des Patriotes is because they need these trucks to exploit our beautiful land for gas... Think about it??!! Why do they not stop the heavy vehicle traffic flow on the Chemin, despite the fact that all the mayors had good alternatives and were in agreement. This must stop. The government is not listening to its people, big business wants more money. They think we are stupid!!

I'm the second generation of my family that lives in Richelieu, Quebec, in Canada. My family tree, both from my mother's and my father's side, has its roots in Quebec since the beginning of the 1600s: my ancestors crossed the ocean from France, leaving Perche and Normandy behind them. Both French AND English are my mother tongues: I learned to talk in both languages when I was a baby, and both my parents were perfectly bilingual too.